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Plant name	pūga
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Areca catechu L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	pūga
Hindi name	supārī
Tamil name	pākkumaram
Malayalam name	kavunnu, kamunnu, kamuku, aṭaykkāmaram
English name	Arecanut tree, Betelnut tree
Search occurrence	pūga, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 641) pūga, m. (ifc., f. ā; cf. puJja) any assemblage or combination or body of persons, a multitude, number, mass, quantity (in one place n.) ŚāṅkhBr., Mn., MBh. &c.; country court or an assembly of townsmen, IW. 296, n. 1; disposition, property, nature, W.; the Areca Catechu, called betel-nut tree (n. its nut), Var., Kāv., Suśr.; = kaNTaki-vřkža, L.; = chanda, or chandas, L. = bhAva, L.

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